Are there any full time poker players who only play in B&M's

[TheMetetron]

I've seriously thought about doing this just to see if I can. I get some backup income from non-poker, but still gambling related things so I wouldn't be giving up much (besides rakeback).

At Bay 101, I have no problem thinking that 1 BB/hr is totally reasonable at both the $20/40 and $40/80. BUT, I've experienced some daytime line-ups that have made me cringe there. They aren't great players (I've seen very few), but they aren't total donks. And if I don't have at least one donk, it seriously makes the game less profitable.

I still think, even with the obvious crappy daytime hours (which I would probably avoid and just play from like 3p-12a or so every day) for 20 days out of the month and I should be able to do $6400 at $20/40...

Actually, looking at that now, that seems high. I don't doubt I can do 40 hours a week live, but I didn't think that much could be made from $20/40 by playing live... interesting numbers crunch.

I'd like to wait until I'm more comfortable with the $40/80 there, but I'm going to seriously consider a month of trying this sometime this fall/winter.

So I do think it's possible, but I think online is probably better. The only upsides to live play would be the fact I could take 40 hours of that, but 40 hours of 4-8 tabling online makes me want to puke.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

One thing you haven't factored in is that in a live game, you see and hear MUCH more than you do online. This means for an astute player, who can read tells, telegraphs, and just generally pays attention, they earn more PER HAND than they do online. It might not totally make up for the number of hands you can play online, but it sure is more fun playing live, and the profitability is still there, even if in a slightly different overall perspective.

al

[TheMetetron]

Oh, my BB/100 is definitely higher at $20/40 live than at my usual game online. The 1 BB/hr I quoted is probably 3.5 BB/100 depending on how dumb the dealer is and how many times the auto shufflers break.

[Budget Boy]

I know a few people that play only in casinos for a living, but both the guys I'm thinking of play 50+ hours a week to bring home maybe 30k a year. That's a lot of work for the money. I play about 25 hours a week and almost all of it is live. I just don't enjoy playing online as much, and B&M games are much, much softer. I have never seen an online game as soft as the 4-8 game I play in. Even a 1-2 game on Pacific or Party on its best day doesn't come close.

[PokerBob]

I think it is possible but you need a much larger safety net. The natural variance of the game is such that one could conceivebaly go for several months at break-even pace. Online allows one to get in more hands, thus the variance takes less TIME, but the same amount of hands.